Denmark, Steven Keen

Stefan Kengen, aka Steven Keen talks about the Danish chapter of the Zeitgeist Movement

My name is Stefan Kengen, aka Steven Keen -

- and I am the Danish coordinator for the Zeitgeist Movement.

I've been on board for about 3 years.

I joined the movement through a friend -

- who sent me the link to the first 2 Zeitgeist movies -

- of which I had never heard before.

'Zeitgeist: Addendum' clarified some things for me.

I had the puzzle pieces in front of me -

- but I couldn't put them together. Addendum did that for me.

I looked up the website and became an active member.

It went quite fast for me actually.

The movement began in Denmark about 3 years ago -

- and has developed slowly. More and more people -

- are sympathizing. We have some structutal issues -

- because we are doing things differently -

- hierarchically and so on.

We need people to be autonomous and do things on their own accord -

- which is challenging. But we have had quite a few successes as well -

- with various events.

The theatrical launch of 'Zeitgeist: Moving Forward' went very well.

We've had 2 consecutive Z-Day events, which had -

- high attendance. So we're getting there.

The future of the movement -

- will play out naturally I think.

Because our failiure to solve our problems will become more apparent -

- not just in Denmark but globally.

People will gravitate towards other possibilities -

- because "the old way" no longer works.

I forsee a growing interest in the tenets of the movement -

- and what indiviuals themeselves can do to move things in a better direction.

The situation i Denmark is one of cautious waiting.

Most people who address the public in some way -

- hold back a lot these days -

- because they realize that our ways aren't working anymore.

The political and financial situation here -

- is stagnating a little.

We will most likely see many creative suggestions -

- which won't work, because we are at a point -

- where neither political nor monetary measures work.

There is stagnation and cautious waiting in this regard -

- but as the election approaches -

- the debate will heat up -

- but no results.

The transition...

If there is one, it's already happening.

And has been for a long time.

I don't believe in drastic paradigm shifts.

It's a developing function that can be faster or slower -

- according to the predominant socio-economic factors.

The question is what we are transitioning to.

We try to work towards an NL/RBE -

- which is a model -

- in which we share the resources, to put it very short.

What will happen next is speculative.

We work towards a more constructive -

- and productive direction, rooted in the technological -

- and scientific knowledge and understandings we have.

The understanding that we no longer have the need for money.

But the 'transition' itself is beyond me.

But we will keep working in that direction.

My friends. My fellow humans.

It's time to do things differently. It's time be more efficient.

Humanity har reached a point -

- where we need to realize that our old ways no longer work -

- and that new measures are required.

Luckily we know all we need to know in order to achieve it.

It is only a matter of sharing the information -

- join hands, and work together for a global future -

- that has room for us all.